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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 69A | Solo | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 34D | Uniquely | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | 34D | Unaccompanied | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |
| Monday, July 21, 2008 | 59A | Uniquely | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 98A | Single-handedly | Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, July 06, 2008 | 69A | Unequaled | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, July 03, 2008 | 10D | Isolated | Keith Talon |
| Tuesday, July 01, 2008 | 52D | How hermits like to be | Ken Bessette |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 60A | Without a chaperon | Adam Fromm |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 | 16A | Unaccompanied | Ken Bessette |
| Friday, February 01, 2008 | 22D | Exclusively | Doug Peterson |
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 | 52D | Without equal | Donna S. Levin |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2007 | 64A | Unaided | Curtis Yee |
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 | 4D | *With 7-Across, like a couple romancing | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 | 14A | Without help | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 20, 2006 | 14A | Lacking a partner | Doug Peterson |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 | 23A | Without support | Levi Denham |
| Monday, October 10, 2005 | 54D | "Home ___," Macaulay Culkin movie | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 | 102D | Deserted | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 | 41A | Sans friends | Merl Reagle |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 | 15A | Without company | Mike Shenk |
| Friday, February 11, 2005 | 26D | Unrivaled | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, December 01, 2004 | 6D | Stag | Roy Leban |
| Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 26D | Unescorted | Joan Yanofsky |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2004 | 30D | Dateless, say | Kurt Mengel |
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 | 48D | Peerless | Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, July 26, 2004 | 27D | On one's own | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2004 | 9D | Single-handedly | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 16A | Unescorted | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, January 12, 2004 | 54D | By oneself | Kurt Mengel |
| Sunday, December 21, 2003 | 12D | How Santa travels | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | 54A | "Home ___" | Leonard Williams |
| Wednesday, May 28, 2003 | 48D | Stag | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, April 09, 2003 | 15A | Stag | Greg Staples |
| Saturday, December 28, 2002 | 33D | Cut off | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 126A | Deserted | RIchard Hughes |
| Friday, December 13, 2002 | 2D | Forsaken | Bob Peoples |
| Sunday, December 01, 2002 | 19A | Without equal | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | 59A | Isolated | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, July 09, 2002 | 21A | Without support | Robert Malinow |
| Monday, June 03, 2002 | 34A | Without help | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 26, 2002 | 14D | Single-handedly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, April 07, 2002 | 18D | Helpless? | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, March 29, 2002 | 59A | Stag | Kevin Hagen |
| Sunday, February 03, 2002 | 19A | "A Night at the Opera" tune | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, December 22, 2001 | 52A | Set apart | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, October 02, 2001 | 2D | Singly | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, July 09, 2001 | 2D | Without help | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, June 06, 2001 | 47D | Without support | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, April 23, 2001 | 30D | Dateless | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2001 | 2D | Single-handedly | Greg Staples |
| Friday, January 19, 2001 | 41D | Separate | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2001 | 11D | Unaccompanied | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, December 09, 2000 | 30D | Peerlessly | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, November 09, 2000 | 10D | Without help | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2000 | 14A | In bad company, to Ambrose Bierce | Nick Grivas |
| Tuesday, October 03, 2000 | 48D | Unaided | Todd McClary |
| Monday, May 01, 2000 | 64A | Single-handedly | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, March 17, 2000 | 41A | Without support | Glenton Petgrave |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2000 | 14A | Unique | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, November 16, 1999 | 7D | Without equal | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Thursday, August 05, 1999 | 17A | Waiflike | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, August 02, 1999 | 14A | By oneself | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Thursday, April 08, 1999 | 51D | Let ___ | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, February 04, 1999 | 15A | Unequaled | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, November 17, 1998 | 14A | Single-handedly | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, November 10, 1998 | 50D | "Leave me ___!" | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Tuesday, October 06, 1998 | 15A | Solo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, August 05, 1998 | 22A | Cut off | Patrick Jordan |
| Tuesday, July 21, 1998 | 61A | Sans company | Hugh Davis |
| Friday, July 03, 1998 | 45D | Helpless? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, March 03, 1998 | 14A | Solo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, February 12, 1998 | 34A | Cut off | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, January 06, 1998 | 2D | "___ at last!" | Ed Early |
| Sunday, December 21, 1997 | 55A | Stag | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, October 29, 1997 | 3D | Garbo-like | Kelly Clark |
| Thursday, October 02, 1997 | 52A | Like a hermit | Christopher Hurt |
| Monday, August 04, 1997 | 15A | Dateless | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, July 19, 1997 | 44A | Deserted | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, May 21, 1997 | 47D | Going stag | John D. Leavy |
| Tuesday, February 18, 1997 | 17A | In solitary | F. Piscop |
| Monday, February 17, 1997 | 49A | Companionless | R. Hughes |
| Wednesday, February 12, 1997 | 16A | "Home ___" | M. E. Skolsky |
| Sunday, January 05, 1997 | 52A | Unequaled | W. R. Williams |
| Saturday, December 07, 1996 | 43A | Byrd book | R. H. Burns |
| Wednesday, September 04, 1996 | 15A | Isolated | N. S. Ross |
| Tuesday, September 03, 1996 | 16A | Solo | A. Goldstein |
| Monday, July 01, 1996 | 14A | Solo | S. Spadaccini |
| Monday, May 06, 1996 | 32A | By oneself | N. Steinberg |
| Wednesday, March 27, 1996 | 51A | Macaulay Culkin's home status | R. J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 24, 1996 | 112D | By oneself | J. K. Brill |
| Sunday, March 17, 1996 | 15D | Separate | P. O'Gordon |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 62A | By oneself | N. Steinberg |
| Wednesday, January 03, 1996 | 50A | Stag | W.R. Williams |
| Sunday, December 31, 1995 | 52A | "A Night at the Opera" tune | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, November 10, 1995 | 11D | Isolated | Bryant White |
| Tuesday, October 24, 1995 | 24D | Autobiographical book by Adm. Byrd | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, October 17, 1995 | 42A | "Leave me ____!" | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Sunday, September 17, 1995 | 88D | Byrd book | Stanley Newman |
| Sunday, August 13, 1995 | 57A | Unassisted | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 06, 1995 | 48A | Without company | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, May 23, 1995 | 44D | Solo | Jay Livingston |
| Monday, February 27, 1995 | 41A | Unaccompanied | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, February 12, 1995 | 111A | Admiral Byrd book | Alex & Victoria Black |
| Monday, November 21, 1994 | 54D | "Home _____" | Norman S. Wizer |
| Monday, November 07, 1994 | 33D | Single | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, October 06, 1994 | 28D | Out in the cold | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1994 | 21D | By oneself | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, August 11, 1994 | 46D | Solo | Bryant White |
| Saturday, June 25, 1994 | 33A | Deserted | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, June 23, 1994 | 32A | Independently | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, May 29, 1994 | 125A | Adm. Byrd book | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 27, 1994 | 18A | 1990 movie "Home _____" | Jeanette K. Brill |
| Tuesday, February 01, 1994 | 10D | Solo | Robert Zimmerman |
| Saturday, December 11, 1993 | 24A | 1987 #1 hit by Heart | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Monday, November 29, 1993 | 43A | By oneself | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, November 28, 1993 | 21A | Byrd book | Joanne W. Edwards |